1 . A simple gesture can be formed into a child’s memory so quickly that it will cause the child to give a false answer to a question accompanied by that gesture. A new finding suggests that parents, social workers, psychologists and lawyers should be careful with their hands as well as their words.

While memories of both adults and children are easy to react to suggestion, those of children are known to be particularly influenced, said lead researcher Sara Broaders of Northwestern University. Kids are used to looking to adults to tell events for them and can be misled even if not intentionally.

Previous research, for example,   has shown that detail-loaded questions often cause false answers; when asked, say “Did you drink juice at the picnic?” the child is likely to say “yes” even if no juice had been available. It is not that the child is consciously lying, but rather the detail is quickly formed into his or her memory.

To avoid this problem, social workers have long been advised to ask children only open- ended questions,   such as “What did you have at the picnic?” But an open-ended question paired with a gesture, briefly meaning a juice box, is treated like a detailed question. That is，children become likely to answer falsely.

And it isn’t just a few kids: 77% of children gave at least one piece of false information when a detail was suggested by an ordinary gesture. Gestures may also become more popular when talking with non-fluent language users, such as little kids, Broaders said as hand movements can impart meaning of unfamiliar words and phrases. “It certainly seems reasonable that adults would gesture more with children. ’’

In general, Broaders advises parents and other adults to “try to be aware of your hands when questioning a child about an event. Otherwise, you might be getting answers that don’t reflect what actually happened. ’’

1. What can we know about gestures from the text?

A．They are rarely used by people.	B．They have certain effect on children.
C．They have not any function at all.	D．They are often used by social workers.

2. Why are kids easy to be misled by gestures according to Sara Broaders?

A．Children are easy to tell lies.	B．These gestures are very attractive.
C．Their memories are affected easily.	D．These gestures are used frequently.

3. Which may cause a wrong reply according to the text?

A．Where are you going Lucy?

B．What will you have for lunch?

C．Did you see anything else last night?

D．Did you cheat in the last English examination?

4. What does the underlined word “impart” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A．Pass on.	B．Tell apart.
C．Confuse.	D．Separate.

2 . Madison Williams was studying in her bedroom when her mother, Leigh Williams, came in and shouted, “A little boy fell into a septic tank (化粪池)!” Then she asked her 13-year-old daughter if she could help.

Madison and Leigh ran to a neighbor’s yard, where they found the boy’s mad mother and other adults around the septic tank. Madison quickly examined the situation. She was the only one who could fit through the small hole. Without waiting a second, she got on her stomach next to the opening, placed her arms out in front of her, and told the adults, “Lower me in.”

Leigh and others held her waist and legs. Inside, the tank was dark, and the air was terrible. In the process, she stuck her left wrist (手腕) against a pole, hurting the muscles in her wrist and arm so seriously that the hand was useless. Rather than deal with her pain, Madison looked for the boy in the water with her eyes and right hand. Minutes went by before she saw his foot. Madison shot her right hand out and held the foot tightly. “Pull me up!” she shouted to the others above.

As they were pulled up, the boy’s free foot got stuck inside the hole. “Lower me down!” she shouted. Then, ten minutes after Madison had entered the tank, they were lifted out. But the boy wasn’t breathing for the lack of fresh air. He was placed on his side, and an adult gave him several hard hits on the back. It was only when Madison heard him cry that she knew he was all right.

1. How did Madison know what had happened?

A．She saw it herself.	B．She heard a cry for help.
C．Her mother told her about it.	D．Her mother asked her to help.

2. What drove Madison to save the little boy?

A．The boy’s cry of surprise.	B．People’s call.
C．Her mother’s bravery.	D．Her own willingness.

3. What happened to the little boy at last?

A．He was saved finally.	B．He was drowned to death.
C．He wasn’t breathing.	D．He was sent to hospital.

4. What is the passage mainly about?

A．A girl and her brave mother.	B．A drowning boy in the water.
C．A boy falling into a septic tank.	D．A girl voluntarily saving a little boy.

3 . A boy was dying of terminal leukemia (白血病). His mother took his hand and asked, “Bopsy, did you ever think about what you wanted to be when you grew up?”

“Mommy, I always wanted to be a fireman when I grew up.”

Later that day she went to the fire department, where she met Fireman Bob. She explained her son’s final wish and asked if it might be possible to give her six-year-old son a ride around the block on a fire engine. Fireman Bob said, “Look, we can do better than that. We’ll make him an honorary fireman for the whole day. He can come down to the fire station, eat with us, go out on all the fire calls, the whole nine yards! And, we’ll get a real fire uniform made for him.”

Three days later Fireman Bob picked up Bopsy, dressed him in his fire uniform and escorted (护送) him from his hospital bed to the waiting hook and ladder truck. Bopsy was in heaven. Having his dream come true, with all the love and attention that was lavished (慷慨给予) upon him, Bopsy lived three months longer than any doctor thought possible.

One night all of his vital signs began to drop and the head nurse called the fire chief and asked if it would be possible to send a fireman in uniform to the hospital to be with Bopsy as he made his transition. The chief replied, “We can do better than that. We’ll be there in five minutes. Will you please do me a favor? When you hear the sirens (警报器) screaming and see the lights flashing, will you announce over the PA system that it’s just the fire department coming to see one of its finest members one more time? And will you open the window to his room?”

About five minutes later a hook and ladder truck arrived at the hospital, extended its ladder up to Bopsy’s third floor open window and 14 firemen and two fire-women climbed up the ladder into Bopsy’s room. They hugged him and held him and told him how much they loved him. With his dying breath, Bopsy looked up at the fire chief and said, “Chief, am I really a fireman now?”

With those words, Bopsy smiled and closed his eyes for the last time.

1. Why did Bopsy’s mother go to the fire department?

A．Her son wanted to get a fire uniform.

B．Her son wanted to ride on a fire engine.

C．She wanted her son to become a real fireman.

D．She wanted to help her son to realize his dream.

2. What did Fireman Bob probably mean by saying “the whole nine yards” in the third paragraph?

A．The fire engine was nine yards long.

B．The whole journey that day was very upsetting.

C．Bopsy could experience everything as a fireman.

D．All the sirens of the fire engines would scream that day.

3. Why did the head nurse want a fireman in uniform to be sent to the hospital?

A．Because Bopsy begged her to do so.

B．Because Bopsy saw the firemen as his family members.

C．Because she wanted Bopsy to be approved as a real fireman.

D．Because she wanted to do something for Bopsy before he died.

4. Which of the following statements best shows the theme of the passage?

A．Where there is a will, there is a way.

B．Sometimes there are miracles because of love.

C．Great things may be done by painstaking efforts.

D．A mother understands what a child does not say.

4 . Forced by the COVID﹣19 outbreak， Pooja Chandrashekar spoke to mobile health﹣clinic （卫生所） workers across the city about their needs during the pandemic（大流行病）． The first﹣year Harvard Medical School student discovered that most information about the widespread virus was only available in English and a small number of other languages， leaving those who do not speak those languages in the dark．

"This makes it very difficult for immigrants（外来移民） and non﹣English﹣speaking communities to seek care for COVID﹣19，" Chandrashekar said． "We know from past epidemics like the swine flu（猪流感） that the lack of accessible information in one's native language places these populations at a higher risk of infection．"

She decided to take action， creating the COVID﹣19 Health Literacy Project． Chandrashekar brought together a group of students from more than 30 universities to create fact sheets in languages not commonly represented in the American health care system． She tweeted about her effort on March 14 and included an interest form in a following tweet that collected more than 500 responses． From there， she formed a still﹣growing team of over 175 medical students． Together， the students created seven fact sheets， in 35 languages．

"Our goal is to make sure we're producing accurate， evidence﹣based information，" Chandrashekar said． "When you're putting information out to the public and health care organizations are distributing it to their patients， you really want to make sure the information you're providing is correct．"

Going forward， Chandrashekar plans to keep building the network of partners and expanding the languages offered to serve the greatest number of people．

1. What does "their needs" in paragraph 1 probably mean？

A．The information about the the COVID﹣19．

B．The care for people in the dark．

C．The medical students coming from other countries．

D．The accessible information about the COVID﹣19 in more languages．

2. Where do the members of the COVID﹣19 Health Literacy Project mainly come from？

A．More than 30 universities．

B．Followers of Chandrashekar's tweet．

C．Students in medical teams．

D．Health care providers all over the world．

3. What's Chandrashekar's plan for the future？

A．Providing correct and evidence﹣based information．

B．Offering accessible information in different languages to the people in need．

C．Working with health care providers around the world．

D．Displaying and distributing fact sheets to patients in their care．

4. In which section of the newspaper can you probably find this passage？

A．Entertainment．

B．Lifestyle．

C．Community．

D．Advertisements．

5 . Half decade ago, at the end of my first semester teaching at Wharton, my student Kevin stopped by for office hours. He sat down and burst into tears. My mind started cycling through a list of events that could make a college junior cry: His girlfriend had broken up with him; he had been accused of cheating in exams; he forgot to turn in papers before the deadline. “I just got my first A-minus(减),” he said with his voice shaking.

Year after year, I watch in depression as students are crazy about getting straight A's. Some sacrifice their health; a few have even tried to charge their school after falling short(倒挂). All hold the belief that top marks are a ticket to best graduate schools and rewarding job offers. I was one of them. I started college with the goal of graduating with a 4.0. It would be a reflection of my brainpower and willpower, showing that I had the right stuff to succeed. But I was wrong.

The evidence is clear: Academic excellence is not a strong predictor of career excellence. Across industries, research shows that the connection between grades and job performance is modest in the first year after college and unimportant within a handful of years. Take Microsoft for example, once employees are two or three years out of college, their grades have no bearing on their performance. (Of course, it must be said that if you got D's, you probably didn't end up at Microsoft.)

Academic grades rarely assess qualities like creativity, leadership and teamwork skills, or social, emotional and political intelligence. Yes, straight A students master large amounts of information and reproduce it in exams. But career success is rarely about finding the right solution to a problem—it’s more about finding the right problem to solve. This might explain why Steve Jobs finished high school with a 2.65GPA, and Martin Luther King Jr. got only one A in his four years at Morehouse.

1. Why did the student Kevin feel sad?

A．He was caught cheating in exams.	B．His girlfriend abandoned him.
C．He didn’t hand in his papers before headline.	D．He failed to get straight A's.

2. What did the author once believe?

A．Marks didn’t reflect willpower and brainpower.

B．Top marks meant well-paid job offers.

C．It was wrong to care too much about marks.

D．Straight A's don't bring creative performances.

3. Why are the employees at Microsoft mentioned?

A．To stress the company values employees with top marks.

B．To indicate academic performance is important.

C．To show academic excellence isn’t a strong predictor of career performance.

D．To introduce successful example in the technology industry.

4. What should people focus more on to succeed according to the passage?

A．How to be a creative leader.	B．What to do with detailed information.
C．How to solve a problem.	D．What problems to be solved.

6 . When people visit their local family-owned pumpkin patch around Halloween, they aren’t usually looking for dinner. The majority of the nearly 2 billion pounds of pumpkins grown in the US each year are carved（雕刻）up instead of being eaten, making them a unique part of the agriculture industry. For people who prefer seasonal recipes to decorations, that may raise a few questions: Are the pumpkins sold for jack-o’-lanterns different from pumpkins sold as food? And are Halloween pumpkins any good to eat?

Carving pumpkins, often with a round shape and deep orange color, don’t taste very good, because they are bred to be decorations first. They have walls that are thin enough to stick a knife through and a texture (质地) that’s unappealing compared to the ones consumers are used to eating. “Uncut carving pumpkins are safe to eat; however, it’s not the best type to use for cooking,” Daria McKelvey, a supervisor for the Kemper Center for Home Gardening at the Missouri Botanical Garden, tells Mental Floss. Unlike decorative pumpkins, cooking pumpkins are small and dense (紧实的). This is one reason they taste better. McKelvey says. “Cooking pumpkins are smaller, sweeter, and have fewer fibers, making them easier to cook with—but not so good for carving.” These pumpkins can be added into soup, or simply roasted.

If you do want to get some use out of your carving pumpkins this Halloween, turn the flesh of your Halloween pumpkin into purée. Adding sugar and spices and baking it into a dessert can do a lot to mask the fruit’s underwhelming flavor(味道). Whatever you do, make sure your pumpkin isn’t carved up already when you decide to cook with it. Never use one that’s been carved into a jack-o’-lantern, otherwise you could be dealing with bacteria, dirt and dust.

1. What’s the writer’s purpose in paragraph 1?

A．To introduce a new concept.	B．To lead readers to the topic.
C．To make a summary.	D．To offer background information.

2. How does the text mainly develop in paragraph 2?

A．By providing examples.	B．By following the order of time.
C．By making comparisons.	D．By following the order of importance.

3. Why can’t we cook with carved pumpkins according to the last paragraph?

A．Because they are specifically used for decoration.

B．Because they are not so delicious as the ones sold for food.

C．Because they are too expensive to serve as a dish.

D．Because they are not healthy and safe enough as food.

4. Where is the text most likely from?

A．A diary.	B．A magazine.
C．A novel.	D．A guidebook.

7 . The word “adulting” started as a kind of joke—whenever a millennial (千禧一代) would do something as an adult does, this was an act of “adulting”. However, now, millennials clearly need training in being an adult.

Rachel Flehinger has founded an Adulting School, which includes online classes on simple sewing (缝纫), problems solving and cooking. The cause for such classes is that many millennials haven’t left childhood homes—in America 34 percent of adults aged 18 to 34 still lived with their parents in 2015, up from 26 percent 10 years before. There’s a good deal of truth to this. If you’re living at home, with Mom and Dad doing their best to spoil (溺爱) you, you’re less likely to know how to wash clothes, cook or make the bed. Dependency leads to enervation. Over time, you are unable to adult.

But living at home doesn’t necessarily bring dependency. Back in 1940, 30 percent of 25-to-29-year-olds lived at home with parents or grandparents. But they were adulting. Parents expected their kids to do housework, and to prepare for life. Then, what’s the real problem now?

Instead of blaming (责备) living at home, we have to blame our style of parenting. The truth is that we’ve simply become lazier as parents. We’re more likely to let our kids lie on a sofa than tell them to get a job. We don’t push our kids to build families of their own, because life cost has increased. Then the question is how we can encourage young people to “adult” in such a situation.

1. What is the purpose of showing the data (数据) in paragraph 2?

A．To show that millennials liked to live with their parents.

B．To show that the Adulting School became popular in 2015.

C．To show that more adults still depended on their parents.

D．To show that the online courses were necessary to learn.

2. Which of the following can best explain “enervation”?

A．Emergency

B．Argument

C．Tension

D．Weakness

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE about the last two paragraphs?

A．Living at home certainly leads to dependency.

B．Parents are too lazy to do housework.

C．We often tell kids to get a job.

D．Kids are not pushed to start their own families.

4. What does this passage mainly talk about?

A．What the life of the millennials is like.

B．Why millennials need adulting training.

C．How parents encourage millennials to “adult”.

D．How parents educated kids in the past.

8 . An electric flying vehicle called Skai was on display yesterday near Los Angeles， California． Skai is made by Alaka'i Technologies． The vehicle has six rotors（旋翼） on top． Inside， there are seats for five passengers． To many people， Skai looks like a cross between a giant drone（无人机） and a car． Alaka'i Technologies hopes the vehicle will one day serve as a flying taxi， a cargo carrier， and an ambulance．

Other companies， such as Boeing and Airbus， are also designing electric aircraft． They are using batteries to power them． But batteries can weigh the vehicles down．

Skai uses hydrogen fuel cells to power its rotors． Hydrogen fuel cells are a lighter alternative to batteries． They allow the vehicle to transport 1，000 pounds． They might also be less damaging to the environment． "It's the cleanest form of energy on the planet，" Bruce Holmes told Digital Trends， a technology news website． Holmes is on the board of Alaka'i Technologies．

A test flight will take place near the company's Massachusetts headquarters． But it may be years before the autonomous aircraft is cleared to carry passengers． Skai must first meet regulations． These regulations are set by the Federal Aviation Administration （FAA）．

"The technology is interesting， but the regulatory （监管的） road will be very long，" Thaddeus Lightfoot said． Lightfoot is a lawyer． He helps companies deal with FAA rules．

Alaka'i Technologies is hopeful that Skai will get FAA approval to fly passengers soon． In the meantime， the company's CEO， Stephen Hanvey， says the craft could be used to transport food and water． It could also serve as a mobile cell tower in places struck by natural disasters．

1. Which of the following can replace the underlined word "cross" in paragraph 1？

A．mixture．

B．container．

C．equipment．

D．instrument．

2. What can we infer about the pilotless flight of passenger vehicles？

A．It costs a lot．

B．It saves energy．

C．It is not readily available now．

D．It will soon get approved by FAA．

3. What is the advantage of the Skai， compared with other electric aircraft？

A．It is quite light．

B．It uses batteries．

C．It transports food and water．

D．It lands autonomously．

4. What is the best title for the text？

A．Car with wings．

B．Car of less weight．

C．Car with hydrogen fuel．

D．Car in the sky．

9 . For Stevens Point locals in the US, the city is flooded with delicious fried fish. Here are four top choices for the community to have a try.

Hilltop Pub&Grill

Hilltop Pub&Grill first opened in the 1980s and took the Stevens Point community by storm with its delicious food and unique decoration style. Its fried fish are beloved due to the use of “high-quality North Atlantic fish, with a light beer batter (面糊)”.

The Final Score Bar&Grill

The Final Score Bar&Grill aimed to become a local hot spot in 2001 when Jim Billings, the owner, took charge of the business. Billings feels that their five batter choices set them apart from their neighboring bars. Besides, various wines are available.

Point After Pub&Grill

Point After Pub&Grill started serving delicious food and cold beers in a welcoming environment in 2009. But its history runs much longer. “Before it was Point After Pub&Grill, it had been Northside Bar for 30 plus years,” explained Molski, the owner. Molski feels that the pub’s four special batter choices and other fish specials are what help make it an area landmark.

Two Harps Pub

This Irish pub opened its doors to the public in 2017 and has been drawing fans and locals ever since. “I had done my career for a long time and was kind of bored with it,” said Nick Moore, the owner. “And this opportunity fell into my lap, so I went with it. It really made sense to open up an Irish bar.” The growing pub advises guests to try a cold beer with their Friday fried fish.

1. What makes Hilltop Pub&Grill popular with customers?

A．The convenient location.	B．The special food.
C．The high-quality service.	D．The unique wine.

2. What do The Final Score Bar&Grill and Point After Pub&Grill have in common?

A．They are both run by the same company.	B．They are both famous for great wines.
C．They both feature some particular batter.	D．They were both founded ten years ago.

3. What is special about Two Harps Pub?

A．It is the newest among the four pubs.	B．It offers free cold beers to customers.
C．It only provides fried fish on Fridays.	D．It has a unique decoration style.

10 . When Jennifer Doudna was in sixth grade, she came home one day to find that her dad had left a book titled The Double Helix on her bed. She put it aside, thinking it was one of those detective tales she loved.

On a rainy Saturday, she picked up the book. As she sped through the pages, she became fascinated by the drama, which encouraged her to explore nature's wonders. Even though her high school teacher told her that girls didn't become scientists, she decided she would.

She worked with a biologist, Charpentier, to turn a curiosity of nature into an invention—an easy-to-use tool that can edit DNA. Known as Crispr, the tool will transform the human race. James Watson, the author of The Double Helix, later told her it was the most important biological advance: since he and Francis Crick discovered the structure of DNA.

For this achievement, Doudna and Charpentier were awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2020. Until now, only five women, beginning with Marie Curie in 1911, had won or shared the Nobel for Chemistry out of 184 award winners. When this year's prize was announced, Dr. Charpentier said it would provide a message specifically to young girls who would like to follow the path of science and to show them that women can also be awarded prizes.

A few decades from now, if it becomes possible and sate to edit DNA, should we allow parents to improve the IQ and physical strength of their kids? Should we let them decide eye color? Skin color? Height? After helping to discover Crispr, Dr. Doudna has become a leader in considering these moral issues. That's the main message we should take from this Nobel: New technologies can be a huge benefit to the human race, but in order to make sure they are used wisely, it's important for people to understand them.

1. Jennifer Doudna decided to become a scientist because,__________

A．her father pushed her	B．a book inspired her
C．her teacher encouraged her	D．James Watson motivated her

2. Dr. Doudna was awarded the Nobel Prize because,__________.

A．she wrote the book “The Double Helix"	B．she discovered the structure of DNA
C．she is a hardworking woman scientist	D．she helped invent a tool for editing DNA

3. According to passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A．The two women's success will inspire more girls to be devoted to science.

B．Since 1911, there have been 184 people who won the Nobel for chemistry.

C．If girls follow the path of science, they will surely achieve their goals.

D．Crispr will make a big difference to the human race.

4. Which words can best describe Jennifer Doudna?

A．Determined and responsible.	B．Ambitious and humorous.
C．Cruel and indifferent.	D．Fearless and stubborn.